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Soundog - your copy is definitely an original. I have never seen that darker yellow label before. It seems that the position of the dot is not a reliable indicator after all, and there was some slight variation as you have guessed. There are however other ways to tell. The word "RECORDS" under the "in" logo is much further down, on the boot. Below is a picture of the boot taken from a current ebay auction. All copies of the boot look exactly like this.
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On all the originals I have ever seen, including yours, the word "RECORDS" is much closer to the "in" logo. If you scan and superimpose the boot label on top of the original, you will see that all the black lettering has been enlarged on the boot, and extends closer to the edges all round. The red elements of the design are not enlarged.

I know for certain mine is an original because it came from the archives of the USA branch of W&G records, which was called Melbourne Records. There were 2 mint copies of The Elois together with many other mint copies of various in and W&G 45s. Somehow Bill Nadolny got hold of the archives, and sold them off about 15 years ago.
 
chas_kit said:
I like the Ariel 45, can't believe it only got a 4.09. I would have given it a 7 or 8.
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Yes it's great, but I think some cabinet members might have marked it down as soon as they heard the unison vocals. Maybe some of them didn't wait for the cool guitar break. Great tune, maybe a 6 though.
 
bosshoss said:
Frantic!

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Better known as Vardan/Frantic. Just missing 2...

D. WITHERSPOON & FUTURE Cry And See / Handful Of Love (Frantic 2139/2140)
SONNY OLIVER & THE STATICS Kee-Mo-Sabee / Rockin' Chair (Vardan 1801) not garage but nice rockers from '65
3 of the 4 are on UP FROM THE GRAVE.
Don't let the Universal City, Ca. address on the label fool ya, they were out of Yuba City/Marysville, Ca. The label owners were just trying to be big shots by using a L.A. address.
 
The Night Owl label for the Royal Chessmen and Jordan Parker Review is not the same label as the Cuca one, even though they use the same clip art design. The original Night Owl label was owned by Don Talty in Chicago, it was the teen band subsidiary of his Formal label which released Chicago vocal group and soul 45s, with Jan Bradley as the most famous artist. Note the FR- numbers for Formal records.
 
My first copy of the Mustard Men did not have the stuck-on business card, as it had fallen off. The glue stain left behind was a mustard-yellow color, slapped on messily with a brush. I always imagined that the Mustard Men had decorated their sleeve with a splash of English mustard, until I got my second copy with the business card, and saw the real reason for the glue stain. A mustard logo business card!

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bosshoss said:
I know for certain mine is an original because it came from the archives of the USA branch of W&G records, which was called Melbourne Records. There were 2 mint copies of The Elois together with many other mint copies of various in and W&G 45s. Somehow Bill Nadolny got hold of the archives, and sold them off about 15 years ago.
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It was probably more than 2 copies , as I got one from him as well . If I remember right Bill came across those when he was researching info on the Spectres 45 .
 
mr. splendid said:
It was probably more than 2 copies , as I got one from him as well . If I remember right Bill came across those when he was researching info on the Spectres 45 .
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Yes. The In label was part of the W&G group. A very interesting episode indeed. It was this sequence of events that lead me to discover that W&G records of Melbourne Australia, opened a branch called "Melbourne Records" in New Hampshire in the mid 60s, I assume with the idea of developing and exchanging talent between Australia and the Northeast states of the USA, and eastern Canada. This fact is not documented anywhere in the W&G story as far as I know.

The evidence is presented below. Remember, W&G were a successful record company based in Melbourne, Australia, established in the late 1930s. The centrepiece is a hand-written sleeve that came from Bill Nadolny's find, and contained a Vistas 45. It gives the Manchester, New Hampshire address of Melbourne Records, and states that it was a subsidiary of W&G Records, Australia. The US logo is the same diamond/lentil shape that W&G used on all their Australian releases since the 1950s. The catalog number of all the Canadian pressed Melbourne USA releases begins with WG (except the Specters which may have been pressed in the USA), just like all the Australian W&G releases. All W&G and Melbourne releases in the 1960s have a 4 digit catalog number.

Finally, W&G Australia released some pretty obscure Canadian 45s here, which mostly originate from the eastern part of Canada, quite close to the Melbourne headquarters in New Hampshire. You can see some of these on the picture below, for example The Plague "The Face Of Time" / "We Were Meant To Be". This was not a hit and would not have been released in Australia under normal circumstances. Same goes for Dee & The Yeomen.

Here is a link to a good brief history of W&G Australia
http://www.milesago.com/industry/wandg.htm

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